After failing four times in the past, 64-year-old Diana Nyad successfully swam from Cuba to Florida over the weekend. She made the 110-mile journey in just under 53 hours (slightly faster than Amtrak!), and was also the first person to do so without using a shark cage. Clearly, it’s cause for celebration! And for a speech from a water-logged, exhausted senior citizen!

Today we continue the countdown to the release of our upcoming book, MAD’s Greatest Artists: Dave Berg! Each week we’ll post a selection from Dave’s beloved long-running feature, “The Lighter Side Of...” Let’s continue the series with an installment featured in MAD #119, June 1968.